Weather-strip



(No Model.)

B. KOCH. WEATHER STRIP.

No. 676,458. Patented FebVZ, 1897.

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ELI KOCH, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WEATH ER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 576,458, dated February2, 1897.

Application filed September 18, 1896, $erial No. 606,294. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELI KOCH, a citizen of the United States, residingat Harrisburg, in. the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in lVe'ather-Strips, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to weather-strips for the bottoms of doors, andmore particularly to tilting and sliding strips, and has for one of itsobjects to provide a weather-strip which may be attached to eithersingle or double doors.

Another object is to provide a weatherstrip simple in construction whichwill effectually exclude, rain snow, and cold, and which may be readilyattached to a door or doors and without cutting or disfiguring thedoors.

These objects I accomplish in the manner and by the means hereinafterfully described in detail, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

Figure 1 is a front view of the lower part of a double door with myimproved weatherstrip attached 5 Fig. 2, a rear view of the same; Fig.3, a front View of the doors thrown open. Figs. 4, 5, 6, '7, and 8 aredetail views.

In the drawings, A A indicate the doors, B B the side casing or jambs,and O the sill or threshold.

In carrying out my invention I provide a molding D D, which is securedto the doors by means of screws or nails cl. The under or lower part ofthe molding is cut away, as in dicated by cl, and forms a housing toreceive the swinging part of the strips E E, which are pivotally securedthereto at twopoints on each molding by the hinges F F. The strip E hasbut the up-and-down swinging movement, and the hinge F, used to securethe strip E to the molding D, may be of the ordinary construction,consisting of knuckles provided with eyes and having a pintletherethrough. The strip E, when secured to the molding or housing D, hasan up-and-down swinging movement and also a horizontal sliding movement,and when the door is open it is tilted or lifted up out of contact withthe floor and normally rests with its inner end projecting beyondtheinner or hinged edge of the door. The sliding movement of the strip Eon its hinges is permitted by forming the hinge F with a space f betweenthe knuckles thereon.

As shown in the drawings, the part of the hinge F attached to themolding or housing D is provided with but one knuckle, while thecomplemental part attached to the strip E is provided with two knuckles,one at each end thereof, leaving a space which permits the part of thehinge attached to strip E to slide back and forth on the pintle f. It isobvious, however, that a greater number of knuckles may be formed oneach part of the hinge F, with a space between each knuckle greater thanthe width of the knuckle of the hinge pivoted therewith, to permit theparts of the hinge to slide on the pintle, without departing'from thespirit of my invention. These strips E E are recessed on their edges,

to receive the part of the hinges F F secured Each end of the spring G"is set in aper- Y tures g g, formed diagonally in the direction of thelength of the strip E and the molding or housing D, the aperture in thestrip E be in g formed in the direction of the end thereof toward thehinged edge of the door and the aperture in the molding in the oppositedirection. When the spring G is in position be tween the hinged part ofthe strip and molding, it lifts the edge of the strip out of contactwith the door-sill or threshold and also pushes it in the direction ofthe hinged edge of the door.

A coiled spring G, with its ends resting in apertures g g, formed in theedges of the strip E and molding D at right angles thereto, lifts andholds the lower edge of the strip E out of contact with the sill orthreshold when the door is not closed. The strip E is apertured on theside next the door and near the free edge thereof to receive the end ofa draw-bar II, formed with an eye h, in which is inserted a pin h, thatis fixed in an aperture lengthwise of the strip and beginning at itsend. The free end of the draw-bar II passes through an aperture in thedoor near the bottom thereof and has its end I turned down at a rightangle to engage with the edge of the sill and draw the strip E backagainst the door and the sloping edge of the strip down against thesill, thereby completely closing the space between the bottom of thedoor and the sloping outer edge of the sill O. A metal plate 2' may beattached to the inside edge of the sill at the point where the part I ofthe draw-bar comes in contact to prevent the wear or disfigurement ofthesill.

The end of the molding D at the free edge of the door A is formed withits outer edge projecting beyond the edge of the door, and end ofmolding D at the free edge of the door A is cut away toward its outeredge to correspond with the projecting outer edge of the molding D topermit of a closer joint when the doors are shut. The inner end of thesliding strip E is cut away slightly toward the side adjacent to thedoor, and a metallic pin is inserted in the end of the strip and has itsouter end projecting a slight distance. hen the door A, carrying thestrip E, is being shut, the pin 7t comes in contact with a metallicplate is, secured to the casing B, and the strip E slides on its hinges,and its end comes in contact with the end of the strip E, and at thesame time the strip E is turned down by coming in contact with astop-plate 1, attached to the outer side of the strip E and projectingbeyond the end thereof. The strip E is also provided with a plate Z atthe point of contact with the stop-plate Z. To prevent the strips E Efrom being lifted too high, screws on m, having rounded heads, areinserted on the outer sides near the upper edge thereof and contact withplates or projections m 'm, attached to or secured in the lower edge ofthe molding D D.

The door A may be provided with sliding bolts to hold it in positionwhen closed, and it must be shut before the door A, carrying t e slidingstrip, can be closed or opened.

The sliding part and support of my improved weather-strip may beattached to a single door by fastening a stop-plate directly to thecasing, so as to depress the strip E when the door is shut. lVhen soused, the stopplate or catch Ii, constructed as shown in Fig. 8, ispreferred.

My improved weather-strip is simple in construction, and its operativeparts are few and are securely protected from the influence or effectsof the weather. The use of the coiled springs in both the sliding andthe fixed tilting strip provides a simple and effective means ofoperating the strips, coupled with economy in their manufacture. Thesame is true of the hinge used with the sliding strip.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A weather-strip for attachment to the outer face of a door consistingof a molding having its under edge recessed to form a housing, a slidingand tilting strip hinged thereto, said strip held normally with itslower edge tilted and its end projecting beyond the end of the housingwherein it is supported, by a coiled spring having one of its endssupported diagonally in said housing and its opposite end secureddiagonally in said strip, substantially as shown and described.

2. A weather-strip, for attachment to the outer face of a door,consisting of a molding recessed on its lower edge to form ahousing, asliding and tilting strip secured thereto by hinges formed with spacesbetween the knuckles on the pintles of said hinges to permit of asliding motion, said strip held normally tilted and with one of its endsprojecting beyond the end of said molding by a coiled spring having itsends supported in diagonal apertures in said molding and said strip, aprojection in one end of said strip adapted to engage with the casing towhich said door is hinged, and a catch for attachment to the oppositecasing to engage with the end of said strip at the free edge of saiddoor, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a weather-strip for double doors, the combination with moldingsfor attachment to the outer face of the doors, said moldings recessed toform housings, of a tilting strip hinged to one of the moldings and atilting and lon gitudinally-slidin g strip hinged to the other of saidmoldings, said sliding strip held normally tilted and with one of itsends projecting beyond one of the ends of the molding to which saidstrip is hinged by a coiled spring having each of its ends resting indiagonal apertures in the edge of said strip and said molding, saidtilting strip held normally tilted by a coiled spring resting inapertures in said strip and the edge of said molding, adraw-barpivotallysecured to said tilting strip and provided with meansto engage with the edge of the door-sill to draw the lower edge of saidstrip in contact therewith, and means attached to said tilting strip toengage said tilting and longitudinally-sliding strip to depress it whenthe door is closed, substantially as shown as described.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ELI KOCII.

Vitnesses:

ALICE V. IIOSTER, MARTIN KAYLOR.

